Guest Deysh Posted August 30, 2007 Posted August 30, 2007 Hello. I hope someone has an answer for this. I've recently noticed that I can log on at the welcome screen by pressing only the Ctrl+the alt keys together and not the delete key. When in windows I can press these 2 keys together as well and bring up the Windows Security dialog. Here's the setup. Dell Precision M65 laptop with Windows XP SP 2 (factory load) All windows updates applied. Sticky keys and all accessibility options turned off. The Delete key is NOT physically stuck on the keyboard. Ran Symantec corporate antivirus scan, Trend Sysclean, AdAware scans and came up squeaky clean. Deleted cookies and temp internet files. Any ideas what could be causing this. I thought the ctrl+alt+delete combination was supposed to be the ultimate security prevention. Please help. I'm worried.
Guest Unknown Posted August 30, 2007 Posted August 30, 2007 Re: ?? Logging on by pressing ctrl+alt and NOT the delete key??? Control ---alt---delete brings up Windows task manager in XP home edition. What are you running? "Deysh" <Deysh@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message news:E57A3795-15C6-4FAC-ADD3-8168CC24414A@microsoft.com... > Hello. I hope someone has an answer for this. I've recently noticed that I > can log on at the welcome screen by pressing only the Ctrl+the alt keys > together and not the delete key. When in windows I can press these 2 keys > together as well and bring up the Windows Security dialog. > > Here's the setup. > Dell Precision M65 laptop with Windows XP SP 2 (factory load) > All windows updates applied. > Sticky keys and all accessibility options turned off. > The Delete key is NOT physically stuck on the keyboard. > Ran Symantec corporate antivirus scan, Trend Sysclean, AdAware scans and > came up squeaky clean. > Deleted cookies and temp internet files. > > Any ideas what could be causing this. I thought the ctrl+alt+delete > combination was supposed to be the ultimate security prevention. > > Please help. I'm worried.
Guest Deysh Posted August 30, 2007 Posted August 30, 2007 Re: ?? Logging on by pressing ctrl+alt and NOT the delete key??? I'm sorry, I'm running XP Pro. I thought I mentioned that. The laptop is also configured to log into a MS Domain. "Unknown" wrote: > Control ---alt---delete brings up Windows task manager in XP home edition. > What are you running? > "Deysh" <Deysh@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message > news:E57A3795-15C6-4FAC-ADD3-8168CC24414A@microsoft.com... > > Hello. I hope someone has an answer for this. I've recently noticed that I > > can log on at the welcome screen by pressing only the Ctrl+the alt keys > > together and not the delete key. When in windows I can press these 2 keys > > together as well and bring up the Windows Security dialog. > > > > Here's the setup. > > Dell Precision M65 laptop with Windows XP SP 2 (factory load) > > All windows updates applied. > > Sticky keys and all accessibility options turned off. > > The Delete key is NOT physically stuck on the keyboard. > > Ran Symantec corporate antivirus scan, Trend Sysclean, AdAware scans and > > came up squeaky clean. > > Deleted cookies and temp internet files. > > > > Any ideas what could be causing this. I thought the ctrl+alt+delete > > combination was supposed to be the ultimate security prevention. > > > > Please help. I'm worried. > > >
Guest M.I.5¾ Posted August 31, 2007 Posted August 31, 2007 Re: ?? Logging on by pressing ctrl+alt and NOT the delete key??? "Unknown" <unknown@unknown.kom> wrote in message news:dhEBi.741$Sd4.638@nlpi061.nbdc.sbc.com... > Control ---alt---delete brings up Windows task manager in XP home edition. Not from the Welcome screen it doesn't. > "Deysh" <Deysh@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message > news:E57A3795-15C6-4FAC-ADD3-8168CC24414A@microsoft.com... >> Hello. I hope someone has an answer for this. I've recently noticed that >> I >> can log on at the welcome screen by pressing only the Ctrl+the alt keys >> together and not the delete key. When in windows I can press these 2 keys >> together as well and bring up the Windows Security dialog. >> >> Here's the setup. >> Dell Precision M65 laptop with Windows XP SP 2 (factory load) >> All windows updates applied. >> Sticky keys and all accessibility options turned off. >> The Delete key is NOT physically stuck on the keyboard. >> Ran Symantec corporate antivirus scan, Trend Sysclean, AdAware scans and >> came up squeaky clean. >> Deleted cookies and temp internet files. >> >> Any ideas what could be causing this. I thought the ctrl+alt+delete >> combination was supposed to be the ultimate security prevention. >> >> Please help. I'm worried. > >
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